Sensie Raises $550K for Real-Time Plant Sensors in Greenhouses

Jan de Vries · 2026-06-05

### AgTech Startup Sensie Secures $550K for Plant Intelligence A Ghent-based startup called Sensie has raised $550,000 in a pre-Seed funding round. The money will help them bring real-time plant intelligence to professional greenhouse growers. This is big news for anyone tired of guessing what their crops actually need. The round was led by Division Q, with help from NewSchool.vc and Percival Participations. It comes right after Sensie launched its first greenhouse deployments and got nominated as a Top 3 finalist for the GreenTech Innovation Awards 2026. The winner gets announced next week at GreenTech Amsterdam. ### What Sensie Actually Does Here's the thing: most growers already track climate, irrigation, and substrate data. But they're missing one critical piece. The plant itself. Sensie fixes that with a wireless plant health wearable. Think of it like a Fitbit for your tomatoes. These sensors capture direct physiological signals like growth, water status, stress, and recovery. Then they translate that into clear insights for better decisions on irrigation, climate, and cultivation. No more guessing whether your plants are happy or just surviving.  ### The Product: Sensie Omni Sensie's first product is called Sensie Omni. It combines direct plant feedback with root-zone and climate context in a single wireless device. The device tracks the interaction between Supply (root zone), Demand (micro-climate), and Response (plant stress). This helps growers understand how their crop responds to decisions like irrigation, ventilation, screening, and climate strategy. It's like having a conversation with your plants instead of just shouting at them. ### What the Founders Say Olivier Begerem, co-founder and CEO, called the past six weeks "crazy" in a LinkedIn post. "Starting our first greenhouse deployments, introducing Sensie to the world, joining the HortiHeroes ecosystem, and being selected as a Top 3 nominee for the GreenTech Innovation Awards 2026. It has been intense in the best possible way." He added: "This funding is about more than capital. It is about bringing the right people around the table as we move from our first installations toward a system growers can rely on every single day." ### A Quote From the Investors NewSchool.vc shared their excitement on LinkedIn: "Modern greenhouse horticulture is already highly data-driven. Yet one critical voice has largely been missing from the conversation: the plant itself. Sensie is changing that with affordable, wireless plant sensors that combine climate, irrigation, and substrate data with direct physiological feedback from the crop." They called it "a powerful step toward truly plant-driven cultivation, helping growers make better decisions based on what their plants are actually experiencing." ### What's Next for Sensie With this funding, Sensie plans to optimize its hardware and software and speed up commercial rollout. They want to scale the platform, expand real greenhouse deployments, and keep developing. The startup is actively looking for certified distributors, technology partners, and research collaborators. Founded in 2025 by Begerem and Christophe Sysmans (CTO), Sensie aims to democratize plant intelligence. Their goal is simple: help growers move beyond climate and substrate data by measuring how the plant itself responds in real time. ### Why This Matters For professional growers, this could be a game changer. Instead of relying on indirect data, you get direct feedback from the crop. That means smarter irrigation, better climate control, and ultimately higher yields with less waste. And in a world where every dollar counts, that kind of efficiency is priceless.